1. Oskar Sala was a German composer and a pioneer of electronic music.
14 Facts About Oskar Sala
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Oskar Sala played an instrument called the Trautonium, an early form of electronic synthesizer.
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Oskar Sala studied piano and organ during his youth, performing classical piano concerts as a teenager.
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Oskar Sala followed the experiments of Dr Friedrich Trautwein, at the school's laboratory, learning to play with Trautwein's pioneer electronic instrument, the Trautonium.
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Later Oskar Sala toured Germany with the Trautonium; in 1931 he was the soloist in a performance of Hindemith's Concert for Trautonium with String Quartet.
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Oskar Sala studied physics at the University of Berlin between 1932 and 1935.
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Oskar Sala helped to develop the "Volkstrautonium", a Trautonium that Telefunken hoped to popularize.
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Oskar Sala was on the Eastern Front during World War II, where he was injured.
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In 1948, Oskar Sala further developed the Trautonium into the Mixtur-Trautonium.
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Oskar Sala's invention opened the field of subharmonics, the symmetric counterpart to overtones, so that a thoroughly distinct tuning evolved.
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Oskar Sala presented his new instrument to the public in 1952 and would soon receive international licenses for its circuits.
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Oskar Sala created the non-musical soundtrack for Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds.
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Oskar Sala received many awards for his film scores, but he never won an Oscar.
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Oskar Sala did much work on German commercials, most notably one referred to as HB's little man.